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ERIC Number: EJ104846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Why Primary Science?
Hawkins, Ian
Australian Science Teachers Journal, 20, 1, 7-9, May 74
Emphasizes the point of view that the teaching of science should not be postponed until children are mature enough to deal with abstract scientific concepts but that a wide variety of concrete experience facilitates the development of a scientific way of thinking. (PEB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Development, Educational Psychology, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Science Education
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Identifiers: David P Ausubel